For really good, cheap & huge choices of must try authentic local food, can't think of a better food centre than here.
This complex has 3 floors- 2nd floor is huge food centre, 1st floor are No-frills shops & Basement is the wet market.
Highly recommend to try following excellent food, which are our regular favourites . Some of these are very popular ( see pictures).
1. Babas Peranakan( Peranakan mixed dishes rice).
2. Super Mummy Hainanese Chicken Rice ( steam chicken rice).
3. Dragon Village Hainanese Curry rice- ( Chinese mixed dishes rice).
4. Kazan Japanese cuisine
5. Famous Chang Cheng noodles ( favourite is prawn noodle ).
6. Food Street fried kway teow mee (noodle ).
7. HongKong Mongkok Tim Sum
8. Aziz Jaffar Muslim Food
9. Bangkok Thai food
10 .Taiwanese Cuisine
11. 116 Roast duck/Soya sauce chicken/ Roast pork rice & noodle.
12. Freshly brewed Coffee & Toasts ( see picture)
As these stalls are owner owned & operated, they close once a week for rest. Most on Mondays but some on other days. To order, just point to item on display menu & tell the size u want ( prices level). Free seating anywhere.
Visit the basement wet market to see/try cheap tropical fruits & "experience" a local wet market. Browse for bargains on 1st floor shops.
Do not mistaken Chinatown Complex 2nd floor food centre for the roadside "tourists" Food Street ( both are adjacent to each other on same Smith Street.
To come here, exit at Pagoda Street from Chinatown MRT station. Smith Street is 2 streets away on the right side of Pagoda Street